On Thursday, July 28, the “Today Show” is hosting a “Harry Potter” costume contest! The fabulous grand prize is a trip to Universal Studios Hollywood and a copy of “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts 1 & 2”. Don’t miss out on your chance to win!

To the delight of Kiwi Harry Potter fans, Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) and Robbie Jarvis (Young James Potter in the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie) were in attendance for this year’s Armageddon Expo at Auckland’s ASB Showgrounds in Greenlane over Labour Day weekend.

#PotterHistory

November 16, 2001 – The first Harry Potter film is released in the United States, opening on a record 3,762 screens in the United States alone. On opening weekend, it grosses $90 million in the United States and £16 million in the United Kingdom, setting records in both countries.